LibGuides: Images: Finding and Using: Image Resources at RISD

Important Note

RISD databases may not be accessed from off-campus by the non-RISD community. In order for a member of the Brown community to use these databases, you must go to the RISD Library, where you may access them from any computer. All members of the Brown community have access to the RISD Library with their Brown IDs.

Rhode Island School of Design Library
You may check out books with a Brown ID and may use their electronic resources when visiting their library.

General Resources (A Little Bit of Everything)

Rhode Island School of Design Collection Online
"Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,997 of them are on view in the museum now. 13,662 of them are available online." Publicly available.
Rhode Island School of Design Picture Library Collection
The Picture Collection contains almost 500,000 hardcopy images of people, places and things, as well as mounted prints of art, architecture and design. These images are culled from magazines, books, postcards and other ephemera.
Rhode Island School of Design Picture Library Art File Index
Index to the The Picture Collection: "An image resource for faculty, students and researchers which has been an important feature of the RISD educational experience since 1968. It contains almost 500,000 hardcopy images of people, places and things, as well as mounted prints of art, architecture and design. These images are culled from magazines, books, postcards and other ephemera." Index searches by artist, country, and movements.
Rhode Island School of Design Picture Library Subject Index
Index by Subject to the The Picture Collection: "An image resource for faculty, students and researchers which has been an important feature of the RISD educational experience since 1968. It contains almost 500,000 hardcopy images of people, places and things, as well as mounted prints of art, architecture and design. These images are culled from magazines, books, postcards and other ephemera."
Digital Commons @RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)
Digital Commons @ RISD is a digital archive of the creative and scholarly culture of Rhode Island School of Design. It is a collection of outstanding faculty and student work, college records, campus history, and the unique materials of the Library's Special Collections. Use it across other institutions to locate theses, dissertations, and more.
Material Order
Shared online catalog of the material collections of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Parsons School of Design, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Includes descriptions and images. Publicly available.

Group of early 19th century men and women dancing in a circle

Unknown illustrator. Nous Avons Notre Père de Gand...Engraving, 1815. Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.

Berg Fashion Library
The Berg Fashion Library is a unique online portal which offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections – including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more.
Rhizome
A resource on digital media and emerging artistic practices that engage technology.